Words Choose the Atmosphere

 

Within the vein of the last teaching on Voice of Prayer, we saw the use of straw in making bricks. According to Pharaoh, he did not mind stopping all work and life for his plan of worshiping his idols in regard to the specific time of year. But when Moses and Aaron came to speak of the whole Hebrew nation go out to the desert to worship God, Pharaoh threw a hissy fit. The uproar was about Pharaoh's plan and not to their (Hebrews) asking for their desire to meet God. ( the first encounter was Exodus 5)

Of course, in the atmosphere of those words spoken, straw was removed from them and they had to find other means of brick making! Those words choose the atmosphere. They can be words to delight, to bring questions, to see something never seen before, and they can be words to destruct and bring harm! ( Exodus 5-6) And remember the plagues began to fall on Pharaoh and all that lived in that region when he refused God. He would not allow them to go meet God in the wilderness and to worship Him there. Even here we note when straw is removed as in : officers de-funded and less officers on the job more violence occurs, nurses removed who will not vaccinate to be replaced with those not qualified to be a registered nurse, schools where substitute teaches no longer need a degree to teach your children (Oregon) just as long as you graduated High School you can apply to teach! Truckers removed from delivering goods to grocery markets and stores. (seen in the teaching: No Negative Thoughts or Feelings)

And ultimately, Pharaoh continued to speak in words of hate and violence, so much so that he followed the Hebrews with his best chariots and men. ( Exodus 12:31-51) He was determined to bring them back. But the sacrifice of praise to God in the wilderness led the Hebrews to the safe area to cross the Red Sea, to cross over for God's glory and to His praise. And they went through but the Egyptians died in their pursuit to attack the Hebrews to bring them back and to make them pay for their attitude! (Exodus 14:1-31)

Here we speak God! Here we lay down our morning, noon and night! Here we speak:

"LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, & Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and I am Your servant, and that I have done all these things at Your word. 37 Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that You are the LORD God, and that You have turned their hearts back to You again." ( and we know God hears His born again believers)

Today, we speak these names of Jehovah God, over the people of  these United States. ( You can speak over your nation here)  You are God Alone. You have prepared us for the day of Battle. And we speak as YOU have spoken….  Elohim, the Creator of the heaven and earth, Who was in the Beginning…….You are in the Beginning of their new life and of this new day! May the men and women of this country meet and know.............

Adonai, our Lord and our Master---the Completely Self-existing One, always present, revealed in Jesus Who is the same yesterday, today and forever.

Jehovah Jireh, the One Who sees our needs and provides for them……….May they know….

Jehovah-Rapha,  Our  HEALER  and the One Who makes bitter experiences sweet. YOU  sent YOUR word and healed us .  YOU  forgave all our iniquities and YOU healed all my diseases

Jehovah-Nissi ….Our Victory, our Banner and our STANDARD. …and it is Your  BANNER over us that …… is LOVE. When the enemy comes in like a flood….Jehovah-Nissi lifts up a STANDARD against him.

Jehovah-Shalom, WE bless Your Name. YOU are the PEACE….THE PEACE which transcends all understanding, which garrisons and mounts guard over every man, woman and child in the communities and the nation(s) we have asked for.  May their atmosphere be changed here and now in an instant….

Jehovah-Tsidkenu, Our Righteousness.YOU became sin FOR US THAT WE would become the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. AND in that….we have

Jehovah-Rohi, Our SHEPHERD….We shall not be in want for any good or beneficial thing. We give thanks for …..

Jehovah Shammah, Who will never leave us nor forsake us… “The Lord is my HELPER, WE will not be seized with alarm-----WE will not fear or dread or be terrified. What can man do to me (us)?

 

God our Father: It is Your NAME that is to be exalted. It is YOU Who has given us all we need.  It is the sacrifice of Jesus  lifted up and it is our voices that must be resounding all to YOU for You are our Father Who has given all good things through YOUR Son Jesus. The sound of justice is present in You. The rain falls on the just and unjust just as the sun shines on the just and the unjust!

Today, we call the OPEN Door from John 10:9-10  NKJV…9 I (Jesus) am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. 10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I (Jesus)  have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.  We have spirit and truth in the Lord. We have His light and we have no more condemnation in the truth of God’s word.

 It is so sad that many people today delight in removing God so they can do more sinning, do more in man’s ideas of which he views as right in his own eyes. ( Judges 21:25, Proverbs 12:15, Proverbs 21:2) But destruction is not far behind that thinking and doing. We must call God Who He is in our lives and what we expect. Like in the reading of Elijah and the false prophets of Jezebel found in 1 Kings 18, they expected nothing. They had seen nothing except by their own hands. But here Elijah called down fire to a corrupt group of nonbelievers. Elijah had a belief in God that He could do what was asked of Him!

We are to expect when we speak with the voice of right words that fills the atmosphere for God’s good in our lives. We fill the atmosphere with good:

Philippians 4:6-9 NKJV  6  Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;  7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.   8  Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things. 9  The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you.

 

We need to pay careful attention to this sequence of instructions because it contains much that can help us attain both good spiritual and physical health.

It has been in the last 60 years, men have come to understand how deteriorating and destructive stress is to life. Paul's counsel, written nearly two thousand years ago, tells us not to be driven by anxiety or fearfulness about life.   In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus admonishes us to "take no anxious thought." The stress of anxiety is wearying, setting us up for multiple afflictions. If we really "see" God, we should know that He is with us. 

Even then Jesus gave us this assurance to take no anxious thought, should we not feel great assurance in His promise that never allows us to be tempted above what we can bear? Faith is a prime solution for anxiety. So is Faith operating in us?

 

Paul continues, urging us to let God know our needs in every matter of life. God likes to converse with us. He sent His Holy Spirit to be in the daily walk with us here and now. As Jesus said in the Sermon on the Mount, He already knows our needs, but He wants us to recognize, evaluate, and communicate them to Him, accompanied by thoughtful expressions of thanksgiving for what He has already given, as well as His promises of blessings in the future. Do we see what this process achieves? It disciplines us to think within certain well-defined parameters that have Him and His way at the center of our life.

A benefit of this is tranquility Paul reveals is that of the mind, respite from the restlessness so common to the carnal mind, which is constantly searching for new stimulation to satisfy its insatiable longings that this peace of God will stand guard over our minds like a sentinel, allowing us to meet and cope with the problems of life.

And "finally" from verse 8 Paul closes the thought. In that relation to anxiety, the peace of God and coping with problems, our minds are to stay focused and thoughtful on or occupied with  things that are true, noble, just, pure, lovely, of good report, virtuous, and praiseworthy. Through this discipline, we program our minds with the right things; what goes into the mind determines what comes out in words, actions, and attitudes.

So if one puts in his day by way of his mouth garbage. then it will be garbage in and garbage out, but wholesome in and wholesome out is what Jesus expanded on in Matthew 12:34.

"For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks". We could take this further and say that out of the abundance of the heart the mind thinks and feels, and the body acts upon that which is the spoken!

What words will you choose today? What will you speak over yourself, your family, your son or daughter, over your community and nation? We speak words that will fill the atmosphere with good! Will your words invite death or bring life? In the garden of Eden, Eve listened to a voice not with life giving advice. She adhered to that voice and she acted on it. She invites her husband Adam to participate with her in this action. He knowing, she is now in the spiral downward death scenario, experiencing spiritual death and he hating to lose her altogether, he joins her in that atmosphere of death. He leaves God to adhere to death and its death throws. 

We have a "woke" society doing that very thing today! They choose to leave the right way, the things of God and join the world in their doing. There are people who choose to keep their friends, a boyfriend, or a neighbor but their way is changed from the godly to the worldly way. They have taken vaccines and died. They did not want to make waves and they changed in their thinking. They took on the fearful heart and choose to live at peace with the enemy as peacekeepers, but God has called us to be peacemakers. We have seen it in family members who live miles away from us. You cannot join the world and expect to live in Christ!

Oh choose your words wisely this day, your day counts on where you will be and what you will experience: life or death!

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A Sound Mind or an Open Mind

 

2 Timothy 1:6-7 NKJV 6 Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands. 7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

In Scripture so far I have only found “open” listed with opened eyes ( 2 Chronicles 6:20 and verse 40), and gates will be open continually. ( gates: Isaiah 60:11)

Being the sound mind, is being the disciplined in the thought patterns of the Lord, making right decisions, including the quality of self-control/self-discipline!

The Open Mind is open to anything! But Scripture tells us perfect peace have those whose mind is stayed or fixed on the Lord: Isaiah 26:3 You will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on You, because he trust in You.

The Lord keeps us in health, happiness, well-being and peace who stay in His presence, residing in His goodness and light. All started in the Lord will be of good in health, good in happiness, that well-being of stepping outside our doorway to do for His glory and to His praise, for His will for us is good! 

Philippians 2:5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, 7 but made Himself of no reputations, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming the  likeness of men. 8 and being found in appearance as a man. He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.

 

Being humbled in the Lord is paramount before you stand before men in either leadership or leading a family! Having His mind, is Christ-like humility. It was manifested in the son of God, manifested in the freedom of God’s Son to affirm the fullness of all God has placed in Him without His need to flaunt, prove or push through to an agenda or self-advancement. Jesus did not clutch for power. And we see many today clutching for that power, for that self-advancement. Unless it is the Lord rising in us, then we clutch for that human power thing and that will not work, not today or ever. It will fail!

 

 Fools, not wise men, reject God seen in Psalm 14:1 The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” they are corrupt, they have abominable works, there is none who does good. Sin invites Satan into a person's mind. Ultimately, his influence causes madness.  So when you have a group of people seated in making decisions,  for, let’s say a nation, they are hopefully those filled with the spirit of God and not the spirit of the air. They should be those with faith in God and not faith within their own thoughts and own abilities!

In that arena of the air ( those in league with the devil), you see strange things: In Luke 6:11 you can see men filled with rage ( madness) who do not want God on any level of their leading. They want to be rid of Jesus, when there is a healing on the Sabbath. Salvation brought us into the kingdom of God to see and to hear. But will we see and hear to obey His commands. Matthew 12:43-45 NKJV 43 When a n unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest and finds none. 44 Then he says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when he comes, he finds it empty, swept and put in order. 45 Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also be with this wicked generation.

We have seen that within our own nation, where people are trying to remove God from everything mountain: religion, the family, education, government, media, arts and entertainment, and business. And if one does not have God, then they can have demonic activity around them or in them.

 BUT, when a demon is removed, a person's mind is cleaned of chaos and made orderly. To avoid being possessed again, he needs to replace what was swept out with God's Spirit & truth.  As of the demoniac of Gadara, the man under that influence cannot rest. That demon removed also had the role he played in tormenting a person. Hunger and thirst must be our heart for the Lord: to fill our heart with the water of His word; To be cleansed Purity of Heart : Matthew 5:8 NKJV 8 Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God. 

Purity of heart: the pure draw near to God: James 4:8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 2 Corinthians  7:1 therefore having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh & spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

 

Psalm 15:2 He who walks uprightly & works righteousness, and speaks the truth in his heart. 3 He who does not backbite with his tongue, nor does evil to his neighbor, nor does he take up a reproach against his friend; 4 In whose eyes a vile person is despised, but he honors those who fear the LORD. He who swears to his own hurt and does not change; 5 He who does not put out his money at usury, nor does he take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.

The sound in mind will not be moved or shaken from his steadfastness in the Lord!

 

The demons in the men are uncontrollable ("neither could anyone tame him,") Mark 5:4 because he had often been bound with shackles & chains. And the chains had been pulled apart by him, & the shackles broken in pieces; neither could anyone tame him. 5 And always night & day, he was in the mountains & in the tombs, crying out and cutting himself with stones.6 When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran & worshiped Him.   

Evil people cannot control their desires, and society cannot control them, so crime rages on.  Living God's way of life as revealed in the life of Christ is the answer. God provides the right mind to produce the fruit of the Spirit, including self-control (Galatians 5:23). Galatians 5:22-24 NKJV But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. 24 And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions & desires.

 

Spiritual love, that godly love, is unattainable by those driven by the spirit of this world. This agape love—the love of God—is the kind that is "poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit[which] was given to us" (Romans 5:5). Jesus warned His church that the wickedness of the world  would increase to such an extent that it would sap the spiritual heat out of His own people, causing their love to grow cold. Matthew 24:12  NKJV   12  And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold.  

3 John 11 Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God. But he does evil has not seen God.

1 John 2:29 If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him.

 

We are to be unpretentious and balanced in spirit. Tranquility will rule our hearts in mind when we are instructed to the truth of God. Jesus instructs the healed man to tell people about his deliverance, particularly those who were familiar & intimate with him. He wants him to be an example of God's grace, first among his own family & friends, so that they can come to repentance.  Luke 8:39 Now the man from whom the demons had departed begged Him that he might be with Him, but Jesus sent him away, saying, 39 Return to your own house, and tell what great things God has done for you.” And he went  his way and proclaimed throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him.

The sound mind will speak of what great things Jesus has done for him. The open mind is open to madness of the world. The sound mind gives what is sound in ideas. The sound mind is righteous in accepting alternatives as in medicine. Not going about to change anything that God has created! Sound mind will not tolerate that which is false according to God’s standards. The open mind has a way but the ditches are wide and long. Sound is peace, with truth prevailing! The open minded are open to the world, to things the world speaks and get a good smell of the cesspool the world offers.  It sees parades of culture passing by and allowing you the person to decide what parade of culture you desire, to hitch a ride or just jump on with both feet and go with the “crowd”!

Let’s rekindle the fire in our hearts to that sound mind. Let us have a conscience and know what is before us. Let us understand the ways of God for life eternally. For the open mind has that empty place and is void of God. The open mind has no walls, if righteousness is not our breastplate. For the world hosts evil and the Christian in his aggressive prayer warfare will assail that of demonic strongholds. You cannot take hold of something of evil and take God’s hand to demolish. We are to seek the lover of our souls. It is living with a gusto for life He was so merciful to give. And it was His same mercy that sent the Son of His love.

As the demoniac of Gardara  has revealed once healed by Jesus, once made whole by Jesus, once saved for the Lord’s glory, his first response to that active witness was what Jesus pointed him to. He told him to stay and tell others of what had occurred to him.  A Christian is first responsible for witnessing to those closest to him, who will see the greatest difference in him as he lives God's way of life.

We do that as the demoniac saved, he dressed or clothed and in his right mind. That sound mind or right mind, is the word: “sophroneo” a N.T. word 4998 meaning sound mind, sane or to be sober.

Can you imagine you making such an impact to those around you when you walk in with a right or sound mind? Can you imagine when they see you not scared but they are shaking in their shoes? Can you imagine when you Speak and God is with you in that speaking? How awesome to have sound mind: one that heeds what Jesus spoke, watches for the signs He outlined, praying regularly and earnestly as He did staying close to the Father and to keep doing, heading toward destiny in God’s work. In Luke's account, Jesus tells us that "when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near" (Luke 21:31). Then He warns about not letting "that Day come on you unexpectedly" (verse 34).

Praying helps us to keep our focus. We use a sound mind to communicate. Our prayers are meant to help us keep watch over our spiritual condition and world events,  praying for the Kingdom of God and for all that God tells us to pray about! 

Peter warns us, "Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary the devil walks about like a oaring lion, seeking whom he may devour" (1 Peter 5:8). Staying aware of the powerful behind-the-scenes role of Satan and his demons enables us to understand the atrocious evil and madness of this world. It also enables us to "resist" them (James 4:7).

Madness is seen today, and mayhem is to the extreme, but with a sound mind we will stay in peace for the Prince of Peace resides in our hearts.  Proverbs 14:16 A wise man fears and departs from evil, but a fool rages and is self-confident. A wise man will never trust in himself, the wise man fears God!.......In the N. Testament, God’s judgment for man’s actions was placed on Jesus; believers will not suffer wrath; But ungodly actions still bring ungodly results…It will come from a man and from the devil!

 

Each of us has to be revived in that which is in and through Jesus Christ. There is no revival without the revival fire in each of us! Where are the sacrifices and the burnt offerings ? Balaam was consecrated to personal gain and eternal perdition of what we see in Numbers 22. And a donkey spoke to him in his madness. In  Jude 11 Woe to them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, have run greedily in the error of Balaam for profit, and perished in the rebellion of Korah. Just wandering to catch up with a “crowd” to go astray should not be the battle cry! May the doors that be open be only those the Lord has opened for us to enter; for the Lord knows the way of righteous, those just, but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

 

 

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That QUALITY of Respect

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Respect cannot be fully come unless two parties of people commit to know the other person. And the quality is dependent on those two parties of people and how they communicate with one another!

What relationships are we willing to protect?
I have some relationships that are distant. They, the other parties lives in various states, but we all once were a part of a church body within a certain city in the northwest. Although these have moved away, or I did, yet somehow by the grace of God they continue. One is a young man musically inclined with a gift that is truly of God. Another, well she is petite and sassy and lives far north of here, but even today though I do not see her I am reminded of her determination to live for God that brings Him glory. And the other, well she just is what God knew I needed when I needed her at a low point in my life.
Today I still have opportunity to minister to them through prayer. Although so far away, yet there is no distance in the spiritual realm.

I hold a respect for these people! They love God and it shows by their actions to help family and people they do not know. They act accordingly to seeking prayer for an individual who is not their circle of friends, but they know that those are the ones God holds in His circle.

Was thinking on this today and wondered on the power of God and His abilities that can bring such unlikely people into my life, yet I am so in awe I can find no words to really write or speak on the subject of His great love to bring so many different peoples together, all with different walks, but be held by that thread of red: yes, by the blood of the Lamb!

In each of these cases, I was remembering how they each had touched my life and how they loved God by their always complete determined heart to get to the designated place and do what needed to be done to bring the Lord glory due His name.

I am captured today, yes by the grand plan of a great God and in awe He chose each of us from different paths, different age groups, and still see the beauty of the Lord in each person's focus on the horizon, to always be moving forward, to keep hearing His voice and watch out for their neighbor, come together, and be knitted in our hearts forever!

Each is not concerned for their welfare, only the welfare of others and that which pleases their Father. It comes from that relationship where respect comes into view!

Was looking up some of the meanings listed for respect, and I came across this one that captured my thinking!
It stated:respect that is genuine, healthy, and a quality that dignifies the carrier.

When we place our love and trust on and in God, we spend that quality time to really know Him. It is not the popularity of being known by many, but by being known by ONE and that is God! When we truly set our hearts to know Him, spend time and then we will see Him, not only in our prayer time, but in the music when a young musician sets down to create it and then release it to others. For the dear lady who lives far north, we are far apart but not in heart. That is how it is with God, though we do not see Him even now, yet we should know Him. 

1 Peter 1:3-8
Amplified Bible
3 Praised (honored, blessed), be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah)! By His boundless mercy we have been born again to an ever-living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. 4 [Born anew] into an inheritance which is beyond the reach of change and decay [imperishable], unsullied and unfading, reserved in heaven for you. 5 Who are being guarded (garrisoned) by God's power through [your] faith [till you fully inherit that final] salvation that is ready to be revealed [for you] in the last time.
6 [You should] be exceedingly glad on this account, though now for a little while you may be distressed by trials and suffer temptations. 7 So that [the genuineness] of your faith may be tested, [your faith] which is infinitely more precious than the perishable gold which is tested and purified by fine. [This proving of your faith is intended] to redound to [your] praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One) is revealed.
8 Without having seen Him, you love Him; though you do not [even] see Him, you believed in Him and exult and thrill with inexpressible and glorious triumphant, heavenly joy.


1 John 4:19-21 
Amplified Bible
19 We love Him, because He first loved us. 20 If anyone says, I love God, and hates (detests, abominates ) his brother [in Christ], he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, Whom he has not seen. 21 And this command (charge, order, injunction) we have from Him; that he who loves God shall love his brother [believer] also.

Yes, that quality of respect is that we love other believers. But out of that trust is a RESPECT!


Our confidence is in God or should be. And in expressing that confidence you and I will see God's power at work in us and through us.   According to Ephesians 4:1-6, we are told that  (4:1) As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. 2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit- just as you were called to one hope when you were called- 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

People may come and go out of our lives, but those who remain, especially near to our hearts are those who we know as those who are the prisoner's of the Lord. They live a life worthy of the calling they have received. There is just "that something" about them that sets them apart from others. They are the "gentle, the loving, and the empowered" in their faith walk that God is going to see over them no matter the difficulties, the world's economy and that the Lord God will have His way for His purpose in and through them.

I will not list their names, but maybe if they read this, they will know of who I write. They are those who carry a quality of respect that pronounces the authority of God in their lives. They keep His word and declare it determined that God will do everything He said He would do in His word.

It commands on them respect that comes from God to them......and those who know God will know those who God looks upon with such love and pleasure.

What sets the tone for that quality: only the relationship with Him and with others.

This quality will guard the unity of the spirit ! Ephesians 4:1-6  Amplified Bible: Therefore , the prisoner of the Lord, appeal to and beg you to walk (lead a life) worthy of the [divine] calling to which you have been called [with behavior that is a credit to the summons to God's service. 

 2 Living as becomes you] with complete lowliness of mind (humility) and meekness (unselfishness, gentleness, mildness), with patience, bearing with one another and making allowances because you love one another. 3 Be eager and strive earnestly to guard and keep the harmony and oneness of [and produced by] the Spirit in the binding power of peace.. 4 There is one body and one Spirit---just as there is also one hope [that belongs] to the calling you received-----5 [There is ]one Lord, one faith, one baptism. 6 One God, and Father of [us] all, Who is above all [Sovereign over all],pervading all and [living] in [us] all.

Jesus carried this, so did Paul, Peter, and John. Might we consider of having that quality of relationship with God that shows others what love really looks like?


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What Do You Mean There is No Storm?

What do you mean there is no storm? Hey, just look outside!
Yeah, that weatherperson surely has their work cut out for themselves. Yet, I have been aware their radar for this area is being serviced. So when might we expect the radar to be back on the job I ask you? (Lately I text our daughter to see what her phone shows as to a report)
The FORECAST: cold with sun. Light breezy winds out of the east will blow in the next cold front!
Well, it was anything but sunny on this day. Can you see the picture here? And that light breezy condition amounted to winds of about 70 miles per hour. Oh, and did I mention there was snow?
I was viewing the weather forecast today. I even surfed the Weather Channel. And in every place I thought to search out next week's temps all amounted to the day temp going from 20 degrees, to 17 degrees to 12 degrees. I told my husband I am not looking anymore this week and this is just Thursday. And I will not even mention the nighttime temps!
I admit it is Winter. And with winter comes all the wind, snow, frequent rains that freeze into a skating rink of roadways and pathways. Also, I remember Spring comes after Winter is finished. And yet, we are how many days into the winter season,.....oh yeah 10 days, right?


I remember Jesus being in a storm and demanded it to be still! And peace came in the midst of the chaos. But peace did not mean there was not a storm, and staying in peace during chaotic times does not mean there is no warfare going on.
God is not the author of any confusion. God is merciful with gentleness and much peace.

Let's read a passage here on staying in peace......

Luke 8:22-37  KJV

¶ 22 Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And they launched forth.
23 But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy. 
24 And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm.
25 And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him.
¶ 26 And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee.
27 And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs.
28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.
29 (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)
30 And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.
31 And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.
32 And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.
33 Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked.
34 When they that fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went and told it in the city and in the country.
35 Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
36 They also which saw it told them by what means he that was possessed of the devils was healed.
¶ 37 Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.

In verse 23, that jeopardy is DANGER!
Gaining a perspective of sea water plus wind, one finds ultimate peril.
In seeing where this group of men were going and who they were to encounter, brings us to the heart of the matter. The devil certainly did not want Jesus and the team to make it to the other side. Seriously, many a demon had made their home in the man who lived among the tombs. You might remember him as the man of Gadara.
So while the sea tossed a great tempest, Jesus commanded it to be stilled.

Seriously speaking, when a boat is taking on much water, then to me danger is eminent. So Jesus spoke to the storm and to the one who organized the chaos.

Calling on Jesus in the midst of such turmoil meant they needed an answer and where was their faith?

Excuse me for this but in thinking on this today, I am appalled that men believe there was this big bang theory. Yet, when I think of God and He spoke light be, I am thinking there was a sonic boom and in that explosion of light meeting the darkness, peace and organization came into being. The devil came to steal, kill and destroy. But Jesus came to give us life abundantly.
There was an explosion at a fireworks factory in Mexico a day or two before Christmas.......and when the explosions began people died. When God creates a "light be" then chaos becomes organized and there is only light.

So Jesus rebuked the wind and the raging waves of water. And they ceased to be. And what remained was a great calm.  Thus it was Jesus Christ Who showed that, though the devil pretends to be the prince of the power of the air, yet even there he has him in a chain.

On the other side of the storm was a man needing much help of Jesus. The man had many demonic spirits living within him. And when Jesus came to the side of the Gadarenes, he was met by the demoniac of Gadara.

So "legion" was sent out of the man!

And the people who owned the pigs came out to see. And those who lived in that community came out to see and they were all afraid at the demoniac now free, in his right mind, and dressed. And the people were afraid????

It was the same said of those after the election this year of the new president. They said they were afraid. Why would anyone be afraid of what God is doing to and for you?

Well, God is a God of sign and wonders. And He will accomplish His plan in the earth. There was opportunity for others to hear the message of salvation and it was time for that crew of people to be awaken to life of God. Wow, what events that occurred to just get to the other side.

And we complain about going to church in the rain???

WE are not alone! In this total ocean of air, there are spiritual beings who wage a war on humans. We must understand our spiritual well-being is to heed something Paul wrote us about. It is found in the book of Ephesians 6. And within the verses of 10-12, battles are waged by those determined to keep their first-occupancy rights. If you think you have heard about the "haters" you might have missed this one if you have not read Ephesians 6. But there are those who hate to a great degree. And they really hate when we have become sons of God. 

Ephesians 6:10-20     KJV

10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. 

11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 

12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 

14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; 

15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 

16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. 

17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: 

18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; 

19 And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, 

20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak. 

As we continue to grow in bearing His image, their time is short and our inheritance will be returned to us. At this point it is by faith. It is an unseen force, but they exist none the less. And we are to be aware that they communicate with thoughts and attitudes.

We are not to be passive about those demonic spirits. We are to be active in speaking to the storm's, to sickness and even to that bed of affliction and say "you will not rise up a second time."

Today, take an active role in speaking to that which you do have authority over. By remaining in the Father, and keeping Jesus enthroned on our hearts, we will mark a path that is set with the mercy of God in peace and love.

OUR daughter and son-in-law had planned their wedding. Of course this has been awhile ago now. But when they chose the date it was winter time weather. Yes, February 2. And why not have a June wedding or maybe a 4th of July Wedding? No it was the 2nd of February. So some nine months ahead, while getting the gown, the bridesmaid outfits, and yes finding the right place to hose this wonderful even for two wonderful people, we were confessing that the temperatures would be in the sixties, the sun would shine, there would be no wind, and it would be a wonderful day to fly anywhere they would go on their honeymoon. We confessed so many things for that period of time and that all coming would be here for the event. Well it came to pass. It was a beautiful day. It was the mid- sixties and yes the snow from the days before had melted. The day came and it went, but it was marked out in what we believed to be true for our kids on their special day.

Ask yourself, "what is on the other side of this storm?" Ask what you need to know of the Father and to prevail by speaking what Jesus did. Our faith at times really needs some stretching. But we can overcome the world, Jesus did! Receive strength of the Lord. Walk through with your head held high. Speak peace, expect His love and know the best is coming your way. Oh the winds may be 80 miles an hour, the snow is on the level of 36 inches, yet, on the other side, we have a message to get out. We have someone to speak to about Jesus. Someone needs to know your testimony and my testimony.

We have the Holy Spirit and we will not cower in the corner. We will speak to symptoms, and to storms, and strange drivers on I-5 and say that they go in Jesus name. But the Lord is our shelter and we abide in His security and peace. May the Holy Spirit guide you and in the process of time, know His grace is sufficient.

Keep an attitude of a godly life and keep the excitement in your heart. And may you see the benefit of standing against the storms even when someone speaks " there is no storm"!

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WHEN MERCY PLEADS

Psalm 55:2-7.........2 Attend to me, and hear me;
I am restless in my complaint, and moan noisily,
3 Because of the voice of the enemy,
Because of the oppression of the wicked;
For they bring down trouble upon me,
And in wrath they hate me.

4 My heart is severely pained within me,

And the terrors of death have fallen upon me. 

5 Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me,

And horror has overwhelmed me. 

6 So I said, "Oh, that I had wings like a dove!

I would fly away and be at rest. 

7 Indeed, I would wander far off,

And remain in the wilderness.  NKJV

Is anyone speaking negative against you? Words can do as much harm to us as those "sticks and stones" might do! Some may disagree, but when having the many opportunities to minister to women and teens, I have seen so many wounded by the words  of death spoken over them by a spouse, another sibling or grand-parent!  When we see a teen not care about their safety, it is because the one of authority, that parent figure is either out of the picture or just does their own thing with no regard for the child in their care! Today we are a society that has cast away children. It did not start today but long ago.
The most important thing to remember is that everyone has some kind of past. Everyone has experiences of what a parent did or did not to do in regards to their care in bringing said child up to adulthood. But we should always know we can "choose" to move away from those things and find life. For my family, I have seen so many choose life in God.

I know from my own experience, that when my husband prays over me everyday (generally at night as we read and pray the Word) I hear words that strengthen my spirit man.  When he gives the prayer the focus of his thoughts, it is those words that plant the Word and builds into my spirit man, a mighty fortress,  that which he is believing for me for today and for my future days!

In the scripture above, David is restless in his complaint. He mentions the voice of the enemy and how the wicked have brought trouble to him. The wrath he mentions is that wrath that is of the devil and the devil will use anyone who stays on the side of wrath, jealousy, contentions, selfish ambitions, and envy. As we see in Galatians 5 that the works of the sinful man are evident.

Galatians 5:19-25..............19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. 24 And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. NKJV

David goes on to say that those who hate him have caused pain within him. That which kills by the word had come to him, and pinned his heart into pain, into a dismal existence, into a desolate and fearful place where he wanted to fly away like the dove and remain in the wilderness.

Psalm 55........4My heart is severely pained within me,

And the terrors of death have fallen upon me. 

5 Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me,

And horror has overwhelmed me. 

6 So I said, "Oh, that I had wings like a dove!

I would fly away and be at rest. 

7 Indeed, I would wander far off,

And remain in the wilderness. 

David wanted to remain in the place where there were no people, so he would not have to hear the complaints of others against him. Hearing wrath and contentions had made him come to a dismal place. Sometimes those sickening words of death make you feel "ill".  But by verse 16 of the same Psalm, we see David doing something.

Psalm 55:16, 17, 19, 22, 23.................16 As for me, I will call upon God,

And the LORD shall save me. 

17 Evening and morning and at noon 

I will pray, and cry aloud,

And He shall hear my voice. 

18 He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me,

For there were many against me. 

19 God will hear, and afflict them,

Even He who abides from of old.

Selah 

Because they do not change,

Therefore they do not fear God. 

22 Cast your burden on the LORD,

And He shall sustain you;

He shall never permit the righteous to be moved. 

23 But You, O God, shall bring them down to the pit of destruction;

Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days;

But I will trust in You. NKJV

We are to be kind to ourselves and to those around us. But many people today have had no one to speak kindness in any manner to them. If you were called "brat", then someone belittled you and called you something that God the Father never intended. If someone called you "stupid' " or "you will not amount to anything" then you have no strength in your inner man to help you walk out your daily life. Words can kill or they can bring life!
Proverbs 18:21..............21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
And those who love it will eat its fruit. NKJV

God's Word gives us life....and speaking right words brings us to health,  brings us to have a vigor for life!......Proverbs 16:24..................24 Pleasant words are like a honeycomb,

Sweetness to the soul and health to the bones. NKJV


In our prayer time, my husband chooses the scriptures the Lord shows him. In directing that prayer over me, he is holding on in faith that Word which he speaks goes forth and will be performed in my life.
When two people come together in marriage and both brought some baggage from their past, it is certain if God does not have HIS way, the ole' flesh creature will have his way! And either one or both parties can revert into the world. Someone has to have mercy and to let go of the past "hurts" even when it still hurts! Even though one party may be on the outside of life, we should still be those who look to God and His faithfulness and BELIEVE THAT HE CAN DO THE IMPOSSIBLE, and then look out devil!
If we continually seek the other's good, would we see a change, not only in our homes, but in our communities and the nation as well?

I had prayed for others to be comforted when I needed comfort and had none but God's. Praise the Lord! He is our saving strength. He carries us if we need carrying and He will surely walk beside us when we can walk again! My prayer was not making a deal with God. My prayer was that He would have His way in my husband's life, my life, and our daughter's as well. My prayer was the kind of prayer for everybody involved in my family, and because of sins, any fallout as such, would affect everybody in the entire "family"! I was also praying for our family to be spared. 
Romans 8:31-39........................If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all-how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? 33 Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died-more than that, who was raised to life-is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written: 
37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. NIV
We thank YOU for upholding us with YOUR hand and that our steps are ordered by YOU. 

He calls me the priest of the Lord, as a  minister of God and that I will eat the wealth of the nations. He also prays that we believe together that no weapon formed against me shall prosper and that any tongue that rises against me in judgment shall be shown to be in the wrong.
He also prays that we both together hold onto the pattern of sound teaching in faith and in love which is in us in Christ Jesus. He prays that I will be consistently opening my mouth boldly to declare courageously as I ought to do to get the Gospel to the people. And then my husband declares he stands and under girds me in prayer. He also states he will speak only the words that will edify me.

I always think of this scripture when my husband prays over me..............Proverbs 18:22...22 He who finds a wife finds a good thing,  And obtains favor from the LORD. NKJV

Now was it easy for me to hear him pray............that for me at the beginning?  No! It was not easy. It is how we look at ourselves and how we believe of what we deserve. It is all those things that which can mount on top of us when things go terribly wrong and we know not why things changed on us so abruptly. It is those very things that can pull families apart by divorce or just by miscommunication on every side. It can amount to "he said" and "she said".......and we must communicate. I cannot stress that enough.........that we must be men and women who communicate, not with a tongue lashing but with a coming in mercy and respect for the other person whom we are wanting mercy with at the time. 

By staying with God and His Word, I have found life and strength to say NO! to a lot of things I carried with me especially those things of the last ten years or so. When when things look like abandonment, and things that would bother me or even to try tempt me to be the "wounded party" at some time off and on, I have them no more. Two people in any situation are the wounded no matter the circumstance or trouble. I have words spoken over me everyday, and not only by me only, but by my husband who speaks as the prophet of our home and declares good things for his wife!

James 2:12-13...........12 So speak and so do as those who will be judged by the law of liberty. 13 For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.  NKJV

In giving mercy to myself, I receive that which another would speak as good in favor for me. Just as in the salvation plan, justice demands the sinner condemned, but mercy pleads for salvation and mercy prevails. Mercy is that which pleads, prays, and seeks another's good.

Several years ago, we were living in the Seattle metro area, and it was a busy winter time season. For some reason people were shopping EARLY IN THE SEASON, not only for groceries, but for things that seemed out of season to me at the time. But it was the city and it was busy, so you look for the longest line and hope it moves quickly! (Have to remember most of those long lines held the one and only checker working in that huge store and usually the other three open were for 12 items and less )

So I finally get to be the third in line. Hooray, I can see the whites of the cashier's eyes. I AM almost through and on my way home! 

The lady#1 moves through with all her Christmas stuff she wanted on sale. Hooray!

Then the lady#2 ahead of me moves through, and yes has some Christmas but summer stuff as well!  aaaah...............alas! 
First lady#1 will not leave and then she speaks.................""oh, no don't speak, please"............but she does........and she has a complaint...............she wanted the items on sale...........well, some ticket items did not show the sale mark on them, because it was only The one item to be had...........and she took two of the same thing, with only sale on first item...! There were no second's on any she had picked out to purchase.  She had avoided the "limit" on those items she wanted. Then # 1 lady speaks...................."oh no, she is talking again, only louder"! Yes, much louder this #1 speaks.........!  Cashier responds, "ticketed sale items says to limit one per customer", "so if you bought two and you did, the second is full price"!

Yes, you guessed it. Lady #1 did not want the extra item if it was not on sale........so through the whole basket, they now took out every bag she purchased.........they NOW had to go through and switch out what she did not want..........!

So I stand and praise the Lord. I pray in tongues. Look happy now girl, smile, because you may be the only example of Jesus' love in this place. Finally I get to the check-out counter. Yes, I look to see if Lady #1 is coming back, for she certainly had not gone out the front door yet, but kept the receipt in her hand as she stood by the Front Desk Customer Service Counter of store.

The sweet cashier, apologized for the long wait and the extra things that had transpired. And the Lord had me to say, "No problem".......... " it is the holiday season, "so we should expect more people out and getting ready for their families holiday time together", "we live in a big city with lots of people and shopping for groceries can take some time" "and you know ....it was all good!"
The cashier stopped, looked at me, and said "thank you". She smiled, she laughed and came into an ease and comfort that it "was all good".


My prayer had been to be like Mary the mother of Jesus who said "yes" with no holding back. That God's word to me would be fulfilled, come to pass and no looking back to the past. I prayed to be an example of faithfulness like Deborah who judged the people of Israel in truth and righteousness. And I had begun some prayers for my husband who had not heard them, but God had!
I had prayed for women who needed resurrection of marriages and resurrection of families because I needed it for myself as well. I had prayed in His holy name for women, who against all odds, would get to the "safe" place to create a place for their families to live and that those still hurting, would receive strength to go forward and find their needed strength in the Lord of Glory!

I was always giving thanks that the Lord of glory would prevail and I would see my family receive and do what God had planned from the start.

I was going to speak words that gave life to something that was dying. I spoke the Life of God into dead things to see them rise again. I spoke and believe and I still speak and I still believe that God is not done with this family and THAT WE will see our greatest days ahead of us and not behind us. If God be for me (US), who can be against me (US)? 

"For your sake we face death all day long;  we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered."  

 Start PROPHESYING and continue praying and expect God the Father to release His power over those dry bones. It may look like the darkest hour before the dawn, but we must believe and hold on to His truth!  GO AHEAD AND SPEAK WHAT HE SAYS! 

Father, today we pray for men and women alike who have been cut down by words that harmed their strength and stopped them "dead" in their tracks in life, that today they receive strength to go forward and find their needed strength in You our Lord of glory. Make us strong where we are weak. We pray that YOU help us to rise above anything that erects itself as a stronghold in our lives and show us any words that we speak that are not merciful to another human being.
Remove all that is not of You and help us to take charge over our own spirits and have self-control to resist anything and anyone who becomes a lure. May we abhor what is evil and cling to what is good.  According to Psalm  37:18-20….WE pray and confess that The LORD knows the days of the upright, And their inheritance shall be forever. 19 they  (we) shall not be ashamed in the evil time, and in the day of famine they (we) shall be satisfied. 20 But the wicked shall perish;
And the enemies of the LORD, Like the splendor of the meadows, shall vanish. Into smoke they shall vanish away. 23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD,  And He delights in his way. 24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; For the LORD upholds him with His hand. NKJV

We know that YOU are our source of love, companionship and friendship. It was Your desire to restore man back to YOU, and that includes restoration for families and people to have friends. Father,You know the hearts of people, so we will not be deceived by outward appearances. Father, thank You for quality friends who help us build stronger character and draw closer to You. Help us to walk as a friend to others and to love our friends at all times. Help us to see marriages and relationships restored that were lost and dying to spoken words of death and not to life. Today we will laugh with those who laugh, we will rejoice with those who rejoice and we will weep with those who weep. Teach us how to walk this out with a spouse, a child and even our grown children. Help us to pray and be supportive using merciful words that heal. Help us to relax around people, even our spouse and children, and to be ourselves. Instruct our hearts and mold our character, that we may be faithful, trustworthy and of good report in the restoration of marriages, restoration of families and those that You are sending into our lives as friends. 

We thank You today, that we can entrust ourselves and our need for restoration of marriages and families into YOUR holy Hands! Amen!

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